THEN & NOW: The Ten Commandments — From Sacred Spectacle to Seasonal Ritual Few films have managed to live two completely different lives and remain essential in both. The Ten Commandments (1956) is one of them. THEN: 1956 — A Cinematic Commandment When Cecil B. DeMille premiered The Ten Commandments in 1956, it arrived not … Continue reading THEN & NOW: The Ten Commandments — From Sacred Spectacle to Seasonal Ritual